Nikon announced a new consumer SLR, the 10 megapixel D60 - replacing the Nikon D40x. Nothing new here except a few differentiators:

First Nikon to support WiFi enabled SD cards. (Eye-Fi)
It has 2 CCD dust busters.

Its expected to be around $850ish with a new VR (Vibration Reduction) 18-55 Lens. My search for a full frame under <$2,000 […]

At last - the Eye-Fi, which was announced last year, is now shipping for just $100 for a decent capacity of 2GB. Unfortunately, my Nikon D70 takes only a CompactFlash, or else I would have placed the first order for Eye-Fi
What is Eye-Fi?
Its a SD card which wirelessly uploads the pictures you take with any camera to […]

Someone at BMW must have a weird sense of humor to build one of these or April1st is early this year. Its called “BMW Camper” specially designed to fit a Beamers back - where 2 people can comfortably camp-out. At first glance I thot it was a special airbag to get back at tailgaters or […]

Closely following the heels of Sony, which announced more consumer HDV cameras 2 days back. Canon today announced 2 new HDV cameras. The XH-G1 and XH-A1 are based on the HDV tape format. With this new camera, there is very less reasons to go with the more expensive Canon XL-H1 ($9000), except for the removable lens […]

  
An Italian Director has completed a full 90 min movie using his cellphone. Amazingly no post production work done to the footage to cleanup the aliasing or to bump up the resolution.
Shot with a Nokia 90 in the MPEG-4 codec with a miniscule budget of mere $1000+, this movie is an assimilation of interviews about love and eroticism […]

Sharp has introduced a 3D Lappie. Wow!
What are the big boys up to, a company roundup:

Philips has actual 3D consumer monitor.
Toshiba has a prototype 3D monitor that doesn’t require glasses.
Sanyo has come up with a prototype glasses-less 3D monitor that can simultaneously provide two different TV programs–one for a person on the left and one on […]

Finally! Its coming home next week…

HD100 when it was released last Oct - ran into rough waters with its split-screen issues and lack of 60P (for reality look & slowmo). Now it has updated its lineup to offer 2 more cameras based on HD100 design. The left column is the old camera, and the 2 right columns represent the 2 […]

Silicon Imaging has announced a 2/3CCD 1080p cam with interchangable lens for under $20K(!!). More info in their FAQ. They have a bare bones version for just $12,500!
2/3 chip camera is as good as it gets! All the cams I’ve mentioned before here are 1/3 chip cameras… 2/3 is usually really high end stuff reserved […]

Those who watched Superbowl on Sunday might have noticed the wonderful Skycam in action. The change in perspective is startling for us folks who have been used to pretty ordinary cricket telecasts. Whenever we need to get closer to the player in field, we have always been used to a simple Zoom. But robotic Skycam […]

Sanyo has just released a sub-$1000 consumer pocket HD camera. Doesn’t have any indie shooting features, its purely a consumer pocket cam. Like my dream cam HVX200 - this one is tapeless solid state memory cam. Die tape Die!.
But it has successfully hit the magic under $1000 price tag - heck its not even […]

Is it a black XL2 ? Looks like it - but no, its the New HDV camera from Canon. Canon was holding its card tight until the last moment. When JVC and Panasonic was going media blasting with their HD Cameras everyone was looking at Canon - ‘Dude, are u going to say something?’ […]

Sony today released another HD camcoder HDR-HC1 - the smallest ever. So now Sony has 3 HD camcoders - new HC1($1700), Fx1 ($3500), Z1u ($5000). It probably will have a 1/3″ CCD (/CMOS) given its price range. It does a 1080, interlaced of course, and a Cineframe 24p simulation.
With its pictbridge, 1-megapixel stills, […]

Nikon did something unprecendented last week!
They announced sucessors to its blockbuster D70 - no, thats not the big news.. read on!

Whenever a new camera comes out - it invariably contains many new features, many innovations and improvements over the older versions. So Nikon D70s boast so many cool features than Nikon D70 (my camera). […]

JVC yesterday retracted their pricing of 13x HD lens. Initially, it was announced for $6,995, now it is $12,995. That changes the whole equation. Bummer!
The main attraction of JVC HD-100 was its inter’changeable’ HD lens system. Which begs the question - change to what ? There are not many HD lenses which sell for under […]

Panasonic HVX200 becomes the first camera under $100,000 to record high-definition 1080/24p. The ONLY other camera is Sony’s CineAlta, a $100,000 camera which, Lucas and Rodriguez used in ‘Star Wars II’ and ‘Once upon a time in Mexico’. They both use Sony exclusvely

Also this $5995 camera does what a $65,000 Varicam does - variable frame […]

Woo… things are getting hot. Another 24p HD camera! I am sure this news with give Panasonic and Sony reps sleepless nights.

The broadcast industry formats can be very daunting for a newbie. There are so many formats, so many abbr, acronyms, codecs and techical data that can make even a hardcore techie to faint. Here is a whirlwind primer of what I have learn in the last few months about this exciting new world of High Definition.

Art of Moviemaking for the creatively inclined.